Secret Love

Chapter 9

Having escaped the clutches of Dante, Levi walked with his head down, avoiding other students while making his way to his destination. However, while Levi was walking, his thought lingered around Dante, again wandering back to when and where he offended the other male and how to make them stop bothering him.

But the more Levi thought about his circumstance, the more he did not have a clue like the many times before when he tried to think of where they might've met; no matter how many times Levi racked his brain for an answer, he was pretty confident that he had never met the other male before.

So why is he being harrassed by someone he had never met until now?

Having arrived at the cafeteria, Levi made haste in buying his food but was stopped by a familiar voice coming from the side.

"Levi, I knew it was you the moment I saw you with a clueless expression on your face," said Dylan with a light chuckle.

"Dylan, did you not have classes today"

"We just finished; my friends and I are grabbing a bite before having our match", answered Dylan indicating to the people that stood a few meters behind him.

"You joined in club activities."

"No, it's just a friendly game with the boys; you should come to watch us play."

"No, I don't think.."

"Oh come on, please, they are all bringing their girlfriends to cheer for them; I will be the only one that will not have someone to cheer for me, please, Levi", pleaded Dylan grabbing hold of Levi's hand. 

Levi tried to pull his hands away, but Dylan had a hold on to them firmly, not showing any sign of releasing them unless Levi agreed to come long.

At this point, most students had started to arrive in the cafeteria, all eyes on him and Dylan; not being able to handle the stares from other students, Levi quickly agreed, making Dylan squeal in delight before speaking.

"Excellent, now let us eat before the game."

"No, how about I meet you at the court. I'm going to eat in our room; then I'll meet you after that."

"Why the hassle? We are all here anyway, so let's just grabbed something to eat now, then we can all go to the courts together, come on, what do you want to eat my treat."

Levi trotted behind after Dylan, quietly letting the other person order their food and finding a table to sit at. 

Once they settled down, all of Dylan's friends had gathered around the table, eating their food and talking about the teams for the game; Levi had kept silent throughout their conversation, trying to be invisible as possible.

Dylan, however, had made that impossible for him, always fussing about how little he ate and how skinny he was; Levi secretly smiled at the thought that Dylan thought he ate so little when in reality, Levi could finish a medium-sized cake by himself to the fact that he would always eat two serving of dinner as well as snacking in between.

But since moving to live on campus, Levi had not been able to indulge himself much in his appetite.

"Is it just me, or is Dante sending us death glares?" said one of Dylan's friend

"Dante, who is Dante," asked Dylan.

Levi lifted his head only to lock eyes with a cold and distant pair of eyes looking straight at him; feeling Dante wrath, Levi quickly lowered his head once again and continued to eat his lunch, not paying attention to the conversation around him.

Another thirty minutes had passed before Levi made an attempt to get up and throw away his rubbish but was stop by Dylan placing his large hands on Levi's think wrist.

"Where are you going" asked Dylan

"I'm going to put these in the bin and returned the tray", answered Levi.

"Let's go together; I'm done eating,"

Without replying, Levi got up and went to throw his rubbish in the bin before returning the tray to one of the lunch ladies who was already collecting the already placed tray; as Levi walked towards her, she grabbed his from his hand before he could place it down.

"Thank you"

The lunch lady nodded her head before disappearing through a set of swing doors that led to the back with the dirty trays she had just collected.

Feeling a pair of eyes following him, Levi once again lifted his gaze, and true enough Dante was staring at him without adverting his eyes or paying attention to the commotion on his table, even when a girl had looped her arms around Dante's arms, he did not give her a response. The more Levi stared, the more he felt a shiver run down his body.

Rubbing his hands up and down his arms Levi tried his best to remove the shivering from his body; at this precious moment, however, Dylan and his gang of friends had walked up to leave their tray on the counter. Dylan saw Levi shivering spoke.

"Are you cold, Levi, here? Take my windbreaker." 

Before Levi could open his mouth to protest, Dylan had already drooped the windbreaker around Levi, making him draw out his arms before zipping him up completing.

"There now you won't be cold."

Levi opened his mouth once again to tell Dylan that he didn't need to have the windbreaker when his friends all sneered from behind, making silly compliments about Dylan and Levi.

Seeing how embarrassed Levi had become, Dylan punched his friends before speaking again.

"Stop with your jeering; Levi is my roommate. I am only taking care of him as any other good roommates do, now let's hurry to the courts; I'm dying to kick all your asses, come, Levi." 

Dylan had put his arms around Levi's shoulder before walking out of the cafeteria.